Start Brock Bowers or Colston Loveland? Week 6

Our Week 6 call

Start Brock Bowers over Colston Loveland in Week 6.

Market-based projections have Brock Bowers at 18.7 points and Colston Loveland at 9.3, a gap of 9.5. Drafters take Brock Bowers at ADP 18 and Colston Loveland at 21.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 18.7 fantasy points for Brock Bowers, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Brock Bowers is 79 receiving yards and 6-7 receptions, with a 51% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

Player markets imply 9.3 fantasy points for Colston Loveland, with 100 percent of the markets a TE needs posted.

The market-based projection for Colston Loveland is 35 receiving yards and 3-4 receptions, with a 33% chance to score a touchdown (13, 10 and 13 market sources).

That puts Brock Bowers 9.5 points ahead of Colston Loveland on the market projections.

Week 6 matchups

Brock Bowers and LV host BUF on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

BUF allowed 12.8 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 15th fewest in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 60 yards and 0.2 touchdowns a game against BUF.

Colston Loveland and CHI visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 14.6 fantasy points a game to TEs this season over 5 games, the 14th most in the league.

Tight ends caught passes for 54 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ATL.

By points allowed to the position, Colston Loveland has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Brock Bowers is not on the injury report.

Colston Loveland is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 6

Through Week 5, Brock Bowers played 78 percent of LV snaps, drew 30 percent of the targets, earned 34 percent of the air yards and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

Brock Bowers, Week 3 against NO: 55 of 70 snaps, 13 targets and 10 catches for 116 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 4 against KC: 69 of 84 snaps, 11 targets and 6 catches for 86 yards, 1 touchdown.

Brock Bowers, Week 5 against NE: 42 of 60 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 110 yards, 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Colston Loveland played 85 percent of CHI snaps, drew 14 percent of the targets, earned 11 percent of the air yards and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

Colston Loveland, Week 2 against MIN: 64 of 74 snaps, 3 targets and 1 catch for 3 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 3 against PHI: 57 of 72 snaps, 4 targets and 4 catches for 31 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 4 against NYJ: 86 of 93 snaps, 9 targets and 6 catches for 57 yards.

Colston Loveland, Week 5 against GB: 55 of 69 snaps, 5 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Brock Bowers played 12 games for LV and scored 176.2 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE11.

He caught 64 of 86 targets for 680 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets and 375 air yards.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Colston Loveland played 16 games for CHI and scored 165.1 PPR points, 10.3 a game, finishing TE12.

He caught 58 of 82 targets for 713 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets and 463 air yards.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 6 calls

• Start Brock Bowers over AJ Barner.
• Start Brock Bowers over Brenton Strange.
• Start Brock Bowers over Cole Kmet.
• Start AJ Barner over Colston Loveland.
• Start Brenton Strange over Colston Loveland.
• Start Cade Otton over Colston Loveland.